Card-display rack.



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GARD DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIGATION FILED 1111.19.1906.

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UNITED STATES- Aienrrnivi OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13,v 1906.

' Application filed April 19, 1906. Serial No. 312,532.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo Y. HnNRIoKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Card-Display Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to racks or cabinets for holding and displaying picture-cards and like articles-such, for instance, as illustrated postal cards.

In an application for patent filed by me February 8, 1906, Serial No. 300,052, I have described and claimed a display-rack of this characer. The invention of said application, however, is particularly directed to the construction of a single rack or leaf, without regard to the manner of associating a number of such leaves or racks together.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for connecting a number of such leaves together whereby they may be folded together into a compact structure or readily separated to exhibit or gain access to any one of the component leaves.

The present invention is therefore in a sense an improvement on the invention forming the subject of said application, although it will be understood that it is applicable to leaves whose individual construction is substantially different from that described and claimed in said application.

j The preferred embodiment of my invention willnow be described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the rack looking toward the front thereof and illustrating the manner in which the leaves may be moved from their folded position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rack looking toward the back and one side thereof. Fig. 8 is a front view of the rack with the leaves folded. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the rack with the leaves folded.

al is the back of the rack, which forms the ultimate support for all the individual display-leaves, and consists of a single solid frame or board, plain on the outside and provided on its inner face withhorizont al grooves The leaves are arranged at right angles to the back frame.

Eight (more or less) inner display-leaves the correspon ing set.

are arranged in front of the back frame and are of a combined thickness equalto the width of the back. There are two sets of these inner leaves, one set being lettered b, c, d, and e and the other b', c, d', and e. The outermost leaf b or b of each set of inner leaves is hinged to the adjacent outer edge of the back frame. To the outermost leaf b or c of each inner set of leaves is hinged the adjacent leaf c or c', to which leaf is hinged the neXt adjacent leaf d `or d', to which leaf is hinged the next adj acent leaf s or s, and to the last-named leaf is hinged the ad'acent innermost leaf c or e of The hinges are all arranged at the rear edges of the inner leaves and are staggered, as shown in Fig. 1. All the leaves of each set of inner leaves may be swung together in or out on the hinge of the outermost leaf of the set. When they are swung in, the hinges rest within the grooves x of the back frame, thereby permitting Vthe edges of all the inner leaves to lie close to or actually abut against the back frame.

There are also two sets of outer leaves, two or more in a set, one set being lettered f and g and the other set f and g. The inside leaves f and f of the outer sets of leaves are arranged, respectively, at opposite sides of the sets of inner leaves and are of a width equal to the width of the inner leaves plus the thickness of the back frame. The leaves f and f thus lie iiush with the inner leaves at the front and with the back frame at the rear, the rear ends ofthe leaves overlapping the back frame. The hinges connecting the leaves f and f and the back frame are secured to the rear edges of the leaves and the rear of the lback frame adjacent to the side edges thereof. The outside leaves g and g of the outer set of leaves are of a width substantially equal to the width of the intermediate leaves and are flush with the latter front and back. leaves is hinged to the adjacent leaf f or f by means of hinges secured to the rear edges of the leaf g or g and the outer side of the adjacent leaf f or f adjacent to the rear edge of the latter. The inner face of each of the inside leaves f or f of the outer set of leaves is recessed at y to receive the hinges supporting the adjacent outermost leaf b or b of the inner set of leaves, thereby permitting the leaves b and f or b and f to lie closely together side by side in their folded positions.

The outside leaf of each set of outer ICO ,All the leaves except one or both of the outside leaves g g consist of outer rectangular frames provided with cross-bars 7i, posts i, partitions lc, and retaining devices l, forming receptacles for holding and displaying cards, as fully described in my said application. The frames of the outside leaves g and g', either or both, are provided with panes of glass, through which may be seen cards dislayed on the outside of the adjacent leaf or eaves.

Pivoted to the front edge of the outside leaf g of one of the outer sets of leaves is a lever m, having at its opposite end an eye adapted when the leaves are in their folded positions to engage a pin a on the front edge of the outside leaf g of the other outer set of leaves, thereby holding all the leaves in their folded position.

n n/ are hooks attached to the front edges of leaves f and g and engaging eyes o o on the front edges of leaves g and f', respectively. Ordinarily, therefore, these leaves are not swung relatively to each other,` as the cards on the outside of each leaf f and f may be inspected through the glass pane; but by unhooking the hooks n n the leaves may be swung apart and access thus had to such cards.

The leaves may be made of any length, although all the leaves of a single rack should be ma e of the same length. The rack may be suspended from the wall in any suitable manner.

It will be understood from the drawings that each leaf of the rack may be swung from the folded position through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees with reference to any other leaf and that access may thus readily be had to either side of any particular leaf for the purpose of inspectionor for the removal or insertion of cards.

Havinfr now fully described my invention, what I c aim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two inner sets of leaves, each leaf of each inner set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends and the outtermost leaf of each inner set being hinged to the back frame, and two outer sets of leaves, the inside leaf of each outer set being hinged to the back frame and the rear end of the outside leaf of each outer set being hinged to the rear end of the leaf of the same set adjacent thereto.

2. A display-rack comprising a back frame, and four sets of leaves, one leaf of each set being hinged to the back frame and each leaf of each set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends.

3. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two inner sets of leaves, each leaf of each inner set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends and the outermost leaf of each inner set being hin ed to the back frame, and one or more outereaves outside each inner set and hinged to the back frame.

4. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two inner sets of leaves, each leaf of each inner set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends and the outermost leaf of each inner set being hinged to the back frame, the combined thickness of said leaves being substantially equal to the width of the back frame and extending in front thereof, and a widerleaf extending on each side of, and substantially fiush with, the rear of the back frame and hinged thereto.

5. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two inner sets of leaves, each leaf of each inner set being hinged to the adj acento leaf of the set at their rear ends and the outermost leaf of each inner set being hinged to the back frame, the combined thickness of said leaves being substantially equal to the width of the back frame and extending in front thereof, and a wider leaf extending on each side of, and substantially flush with, the rear of the back frame and hinged thereto, and a leaf outside the last-named leaf and hinged thereto at their rear ends.

6. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two inner sets of leaves, each leaf of each inner set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends and the outermost leaf of each inner set bein hinged to the back frame, the combined thic ness of said leaves being substantially equal to the width of the back frame and extending in front thereof, and a wider leaf extending on each side of, and substantially iiush with, the rear of the back frame and hinged thereto, and a leaf outside the last-named leaf and of a width substantially corresponding to the `width of an inner leaf, the two last-named leaves being hinged together at their rear ends, all of said leaves being iiush with each other at their front edges.

7. A display-rack comprising two sets of inner leaves and two sets of outer leaves, each leaf of each set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends, and common supporting means for all the sets of leaves.

8. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two sets of inner leaves, each leaf containing receptacles for cards, one leaf of each set being secured to the back frame and each leaf of each set being hinged to the adjacent leaf of the set at their rear ends, and a hinged outside leaf, outside eac-h inner set, comprisi ing an outer frame inclosing a glass pane.

9. A display-rack comprising a back frame, two sets of inner leaves, each leaf containing receptacles for cards, one leaf of each set being secured to the back frame and each IOO IIO

leaf of each set being hinged to the adjacent In testimony of which invention I have leaf of the set at their rear ends, e leef, prohereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on 1o vided With similar receptacles, outside each this 11th day of April, 1906.

inner set, and hin ed to the back frame, and

a leaf, outside eac of the last-named leaves, ISAAC Y HENRICKS' comprising an outer frame inelosing a glass Witnesses: pane, and hinged at its rear end to the rear CLARA S. SELLERS,

end ofthe leaf adjacent thereto. CARRIE LAFFERTY. 

